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The [[symbolic order]] is characterized by a binary opposition between [[absence]] and [[presence]].<ref>{{S4}} p.67-8</ref> | The [[symbolic order]] is characterized by a binary opposition between [[absence]] and [[presence]].<ref>{{S4}} p.67-8</ref> | ||
In the [[symbolic order]] "nothing exists except upon an assumed foundation of absence."<ref>{{Ec}} p.392</ref> | In the [[symbolic order]] "nothing exists except upon an assumed foundation of absence."<ref>{{Ec}} p.392</ref> | ||
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| + | This is a basic difference between the [[symbolic]] and the [[real]]. | ||
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| + | <blockquote>"There is no absence in the real. There is only absence if you suggest that there may be a presence there where there isn't one."<ref>{{S2}} p.313</ref></blockquote> | ||
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| + | [[Lacan]] notes that the [[symbol]] -- or [[word]] -- is "a presence made of absence" because: | ||
| + | # the [[symbol]] is used in the [[absence]] of the [[thing]] and | ||
| + | # [[signifiers]] only exist insofar as they are opposed to other [[signifiers]].<ref>{{E}} p.65</ref> | ||
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| + | * [[Absence]] | ||
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Revision as of 04:13, 30 July 2006
Contents
Symbolic
The symbolic order is characterized by a binary opposition between absence and presence.[1]
In the symbolic order "nothing exists except upon an assumed foundation of absence."[2]
Real
This is a basic difference between the symbolic and the real.
"There is no absence in the real. There is only absence if you suggest that there may be a presence there where there isn't one."[3]
Word
Lacan notes that the symbol -- or word -- is "a presence made of absence" because:
- the symbol is used in the absence of the thing and
- signifiers only exist insofar as they are opposed to other signifiers.[4]
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See Also
References
- ↑ Lacan, Jacques. Le Séminaire. Livre IV. La relation d'objet, 19566-57. Ed. Jacques-Alain Miller. Paris: Seuil, 1991. p.67-8
- ↑ Lacan, Jacques. Écrits. Paris: Seuil, 1966. p.392
- ↑ Lacan, Jacques. The Seminar. Book II. The Ego in Freud's Theory and in the Technique of Psychoanalysis, 1954-55. Trans. Sylvana Tomaselli. New York: Nortion; Cambridge: Cambridge Unviersity Press, 1988. p.313
- ↑ Lacan, Jacques. Écrits: A Selection. Trans. Alan Sheridan. London: Tavistock Publications, 1977. p.65
